Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1989, 4:00 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 30 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1989, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1989, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Middlesex, MA | |
| Jun 2, 4:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Norfolk, MA | |
| Jun 2, 4:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Middlesex, MA | |
| Jun 2, 4:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Middlesex, MA | |
| Jun 2, 4:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Suffolk, MA | |
| Jun 2, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Norfolk, MA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 215 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD FOR THE PERIOD FROM 2 PM EDT UNTIL 8 PM EDT. AT THIS TIME A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN VERMONT SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE BERKSHIRES TO SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. AT 2PM EDT NORTH ADAMS REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WILL WANT TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUcICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING FOR THEIR AREA IS ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SEVICE IN BOSTON AT ABOUT 430 PM EDT OR SOONER IF NEEDED. DUNNE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 215 PM EDT FRI JUNE 2 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD FOR THE PERIOD FROM 2 PM EDT UNTIL 8 PM EDT. AT THIS TIME A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN VERMONT SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE BERKSHIRES TO SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. AT 2PM EDT NORTH ADAMS REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WILL WANT TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUmICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING FOR THEIR AREA IS ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SEVICE IN BOSTON AT ABOUT 430 PM EDT OR SOONER IF NEEDED. DUNNE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RHODE ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 225 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND AND COASTAL WATERS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND AND COASTAL WATERS FROM 2 PM EDT TO 8 PM EDT. AT THIS TIME A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTH VERMONT SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE BERKSHIRES INTO SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. RESIDENTS WITHIN THIS WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT ON THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSnUED. .THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED AT ABOUT 430 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED. HARTZELL
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 300 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... AT 300 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE SOUTH- WEST INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL CONNECTICUT. THIS LINE IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ALSO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THE SKY BECOMES THREATENING..YOU SHOULD GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER LIGHTNING CAN BE A KILLER. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS WATCH AROUND 400 PM EDT. WESTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 70 min |
| Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.